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SPENGLER CUP 2019 in Davos 6 Teams, 2 Groups, 1st Teams from both Groups will qualify for the Semfinals, 2nd and 3rd Teams will qualify for Quarterfinals Thursday 26.12.2019 - SCHEDULE (GMT +1) Preliminary Round Day 1 Group Torriani 15:10 HC Ambri-Piotta (SUI) - Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL, RUS) Group Cattini 20:15 HC Oceláři Třinec (CZE) - Team Canada (CAN)

Thursday December 26th, 2019 - Preliminary Round Day 1 Schedule (GMT +1) LIVESTREAM Group A Central European Time (GMT +1) Canada vs Russia Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 12:30, Vlado Dzurilla Ice Rink 1, Bratislava United States vs Finland Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 16:30, Vlado Dzurilla Ice Rink 1, Bratislava Group B Central European Time (GMT +1) Switzerland vs Czech Republic Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 16:30, Vlado Dzurilla Ice Rink 2, Bratislava Sweden vs Slovakia Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 20:30, Vlado Dzurilla Ice Rink 1, Bratislava

Thursday December 26th, 2019 - Preliminary Round Day 1 Schedule (GMT +1) LIVESTREAM Group A Central European Time (GMT +1) Switzerland vs Kazakhstan Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 15:00, Werk Arena, Třinec Sweden vs Finland Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 19:00, Werk Arena, Třinec Group B Central European Time (GMT +1) Czech Republic vs Russia Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 15:00, Ostravar Arena, Ostrava Canada vs United States Period-by-Period: December 26th 2019, h. 19:00, Ostravar Arena, Ostrava

Personally I have only 2 LED lights (1 multi-colours) and 1 (white) around my tree and one chain of coloured classical lights in the kitchen around the advent wreath. I live in a classic building appartement. However the dinner is traditionally held at my grandma´s house, with the family reunited for the dinner, and the house is really hard core decorated with lights and everything

nah with all the lights we have during this period inside and outside the house it´s a tiny content

wait, to understand me correctly it´s not like we were seriously focusing on the TV during the dinner, remember this is just impossible with all superstitions and traditions we have during the dinner lol, it´s mainly some kind of you know.. playing TV with christmas motives in the "background" near to the tree

TEAM SLOVAKIA Goaltenders: Nikola Zimková (ŠKP Bratislava) Tamara Fabriová (HOBA Bratislava) Laura Medviďová (HK Mládež Michalovce) Defencers: Sofia Vysokajová (ŠKP Bratislava) Ema Jašková (ŠKP Bratislava) Aneta Kušmireková (ŠKP Bratislava) Kristína Slováková (ŠKP Bratislava) Emília Leskovjanská (ŽHK Poprad) Lily Stern (HK Lokomotíva Nové Zámky) Lea Giertlová (HC’05 Banská Bystrica) Forwards: Barbora Schredlová (ŠKP Bratislava) Martina Vrbinská (ŠKP Bratislava) Andrea Klimantová (HK Iskra Partizánske) Tamara Dobošová (HK Iskra Partizánske) Júlia Matejková (HC’05 Banská Bystrica) Barbora Kapičáková (HT MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš) Romana Halušková (MŠK Púchov) Tereza Lahová (Rapperswil-Jona Lakers, ) Nina Hudáková (HC Košice) Alexandra Štetiarová (HK Trnava) Hana Fančovičová (HKL Bratislava) Nikola Nemčeková (MsHKM Žilina) Viktória Kučerová (HC 07 Detva)

Qualified Nations GROUP A: Canada, Finland, Russia, United States GROUP B: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland 2019 Championships Results Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 World Championship 2019 Women's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 18 Division I Group A World Championship 2019 Tournament Format The 8 teams are divided into two, four-team groups A and B in the Preliminary Round. After a single round-robin series in each group, the top two teams from group A advance directly to the Semifinals, while the 3rd and 4th Teams from Group A and top 2 Teams from Group B will qualify to the Quarterfinal, which will be played between 3A-2B and 4A-1B. The winner of each Quarter-Final moves onto the Semi-Finals the 3rd and 4th Teams from Group B will move to the Relegation Round The winner of each Semi-Final game will move onto the Gold Medal Game, while the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game. Relegation format The 3rd and 4th Teams of Group B will play a best-of-three Relegation Round series. The third game is only played if needed. The winner of the series will plays again at the 2021 IIHF Women´s World U18 Championships , while the loser is relegated to WU18 Division I Group A next year.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tournament Schedule and Standing Link

Home Alone 2 all the way, even here, we also watched it yesterday during the christmas dinner, it´s always the main TV channel prime time christmas eve program (every single year ) Home Alone 2 followed by traditional and highly popular old czechoslovak fairy tales and comedy movies, especially this One with all quotes made on funny rhymes we close the christmas eve before attending the midnight mass.

Traditional christmas dinner After many many years overseas in the USA or Canada, this generation is more lucky in this. The tournament this year is only 15 km from our borders so also the christmas celebrations could have been more specific to our customs than in previous years.

Peter Sagan obviously. Worldwide super star. 7 Tour de France edition Green Jersey competition overall winner (Absolute record) 125 Days in Green at Tour de France from the 148 he was competing during his 8 participations (Absolute Record) Only 23 days he was not wearing the green jersey but still was during them 4 days in yellow 45 Podiums at Tour de France, 12 stage wins, 22 second places. 3x World Champion in a row 2015, 2016, 2017 (Absolute Record) European Champion 2016 Paris-Roubaix 2018 and Tour des Flandres 2016 winner Tour de Pologne 2011 and Tour of California 2015 overall winner but depending only about Olympic performances it´s obviuosly Anastasiya Kuzmina. The Only female biathlete to win 3 Gold Olympic medals at 3 different Olympics. Winner of the first ever Winter Olympic Gold since the independence, 7.5km W Sprint in Day 1 at Vancouver 2010 followed by silver in pursuit The only female biathlete to maintain her gold from Sprint, winning it also in Sochi 2014 four years later 3rd carreers Olympic gold arrived in PyeongChang 2018 at her 3rd Olympics, this time in Mass Start race, she won there 2 more silver medals in Pursuit and Individual. Finished her career this year by fullfiling her 2 missing dreams the very first World Champion title in Sprint and the only one time in her whole career won a race with a perfect 20/20 shooting in Oslo WC during her penultimate race

TEAM SLOVAKIA Goaltenders: Samuel Hlavaj (Sherbrooke Phoenix, QMJHL, ) Jakub Lackovič (MsHKM Žilina) Samuel Vyletelka (Minnesota Magicians, NAHL, ) Defencers: Martin Bučko (HC Košice) Boris Česánek (HK ŠKP Poprad) Marcel Dlugoš (MsHKM Žilina/MHK 32 Liptovský Mikuláš) Samuel Kňažko (TPS Turku, ) Dávid Mudrák (TPS Turku, ) Marko Stacha (HK Dukla Trenčín) Oliver Turan (HC 07 Detva) Martin Vitaloš (Rögle Angelholm, ) Forwards: Maxim Čajkovič (Saint John Sea Dogs, QHMJL, ) Róbert Džugan (HK Dukla Trenčín/HC Topoľčany) Martin Faško-Rudáš (Everett Silvertips, WHL, ) Nicolas Ferenyi (HK Dukla Trenčín/HK'95 Považská Bystrica) Dominik Jendek (HC Slovan Bratislava) Kristián Kováčik (HK Dukla Trenčín/MsHK Žilina) Jakub Minárik (HK Nitra) Marek Minárik (MsHK Žilina) Michal Mrázik (Linköping HC, ) Oliver Okuliar (Lethbridge Hurricanes, WHL, ) Adam Paulíny (MHA Martin) Daniel Vladimír Tkáč (Merritt Centennials, BCHL, ) Viktor Ďurina (HK Dukla Trenčín/MHK Dubnica nad Váhom)

Road to World Juniors 2020 ----------------------- Pre-Tournament Test Matches 23rd December 2019 - (GMT+1) Žilina (SVK) 15:00 Slovakia - Russia 1-9 Havířov (CZE) 17:00 United States - Germany 7-1 Ostrava (CZE) 19:00 Canada - Finland 4-2

Road to World Juniors 2020 ----------------------- Pre-Tournament Test Matches 22nd December 2019 - (GMT+1) Třinec (CZE) 14:30 Czech Republic - Slovakia 4-2 Český Těšín (CZE) 18:00 Sweden - United States 4-6

Road to World Juniors 2020 ----------------------- Pre-Tournament Test Matches 21st December 2019 - (GMT+1) Brno (CZE) 17:00 Germany - Finland 1-6 Kraváre (CZE) 19:00 Russia - Kazakhstan 5-0

Road to World Juniors 2020 ----------------------- Pre-Tournament Test Matches 20th December 2019 - (GMT+1) Frýdek-Místek (CZE) 17:30 Czech Republic - Sweden 1-5

Road to World Juniors 2020 ----------------------- Pre-Tournament Test Matches 19th December 2019 - (GMT+1) Brno (CZE) 17:30 Switzerland - Canada 0-3

VENUES OSTRAVA (Ostravar Arena) The capital city of the Moravian-Silesian region Ostrava is located in the north-east corner of the Czech Republic, close to the border with Poland, and marks the fusion of two historical lands – Moravia and Silesia. Ostrava is both the third largest and the third most populated city of the Czech Republic. TŘINEC (WERK Arena) The statutory city Trinec is located approximately 50 kilometres from Ostrava, and is the second most eastern city in the Czech Republic. The river Olse flows across the city, and it makes the border with Poland further away. The border with Slovakia is nearby as well (only 15km from Slovakian border).

Qualified Nations GROUP A: Finland, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland GROUP B: Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, United States 2019 Championships Results Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2019 Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 Division I Group A World Championship 2019 Tournament Format The 10 teams are divided into two, five-team groups A and B in the Preliminary Round. After a single round-robin series in each group, the top four teams from each group advance to the Playoff Round while the fifth-placed team in each group moves to the Relegation Round. The top four placed teams from the Preliminary will play a cross-over Quarterfinal game: 1A vs. 4B, 1B vs. 4A, 2A vs. 3B and 2B vs. 3A. The winner of each Quarterfinal moves onto the Semi-Finals. In the semi-finals the best-ranked team - criteria: 1) placement in the group, 2) points in the preliminary round, 3) goal difference in the preliminary round, 4) goals scored in the preliminary round, 5) seeding coming into the tournament - will play against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist. The 2nd-best ranked semi-finalist will play the 3rd-best ranked semi-finalist. The host if qualified, or otherwise the best-ranked semi-finalist according to beforementioned criteria, shall play the early game. The time slots will officially be determined after the quarter-final games. The winner of each Semi-Final game will move onto the Gold Medal Game, while the losers will play in the Bronze Medal Game. The quarter-final losers will be ranked 5th to 8th according to 1. their position in the group, 2. their preliminary-round record (1. points, 2. goal difference, 3. goals scored). Relegation format The two last-placed (5th) teams of both Preliminary Round groups play a best-of-three Relegation Round series. The third game is only played if needed. The winner of the series alongside with all Quarterfinalists plays again at the 2021 IIHF World Junior, while the loser is relegated to Division I Group A next year and will be replaced by Austria.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tournament Schedule and Standing Link

Yes, I´m sorry, my bad. Thanks for the correction.

It´s december 24th. The Generous day and the main day of Christmas in Slovakia. So I wish you Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it. May you have amazing and peaceful christmas in the circle of your families and beloved ones also a special bonus for @Olympian1010 I know you love reading about foreign habits and traditions, I found for you this guy who is trying to make christmas in slovak way in the

Male sportsman of the year: Karsten Warholm Female sportsman of the year: Therese Johaug Team of the year: Volleyball M + W National Teams Junior sportsman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2019): Chaurabh Saudary Junior sportswoman of the year (under 20 years old at 1/1/2019): Daria Bilodid Greatest moment of the year: Well, easy. The fantastic atmosphere and 2 weeks I had the luck to experience during the Ice Hockey World Championships in my home town in Košice. Moments I´ll remember the whole my life. Absolutely amazing two weeks. There anything necessary to say more ? Hard to describe by words, better to look by yourself, one of the many videos about the atmosphere. Slovak Republic, Hockey Republic. Biggest idiot of the year: Max Hauke

Stage 12 in Alta Badia (ITA) Men´s Parallel Giant Slalom: 1. Rasmus Windingstad 2. Stefan Luitz 3. Roland Leitinger Full Final Result HERE

Bad. very bad, one of the worst I remember... The start was great, The first three months were really exceptional (with W Alpine Skiing and W Biathlon WC seasons ending and the most sucessful Winter EYOF of our history in Sarajevo). but from then it was one endless misery full of failures and frustration one after another (from Ice Hockey painful elimination at the home WCh, embarassing U18 Ice Hockey relegation, shamefull IOC and IIHF decision to give China the free quota for Ice Hockey Beijing tournament at our expense, then followed by disastrous summer the 50k Doha farce at the Athletics WCh, no gold and epic failures at the European Games, bunch of real hard luck at Canoe Slalom WCh, Road Cycling WCh, EURO 2020 Football Qualifiers etc... + followed by health issues of our winter sports stars in the start of the new winter sports season) One year to forget definitely

Stage 6 in Engelberg (SUI) Men´s Individual Large Hill: 1. Ryoyu Kobayashi 272.0 2. Peter Prevc 263.1 3. Jan Hoerl 262.0 Full Final Result HERE